Germany–Romania relations

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Germany-Romania relations

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Diplomatic relations between Germany and Romania began in 1880, when, following the Congress of Berlin, the German Empire recognized the independence of the Romanian United Principalities.^[1]

Romania joined the Axis powers in November 1940, but following the coup d'état of August 1944 switched sides and fought side by side with the Soviets until the Red Army reached Berlin. Between 1967 and 1989, Germany invested an estimated billion German Marks to ransom the Germans of Romania, permitting a total of 226,654 Germans to leave Communist Romania.

There is a German international school in Bucharest, Deutsche Schule Bukarest. Romania has the Romanian Cultural Institute "Titu Maiorescu" in Berlin. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the European Union and NATO.

Germany's main European ally (September 1943 - August 1944)

After the September 1943

• Germany has an embassy in Bucharest and consulates-general in Sibiu and Timișoara.
• Romania has an embassy in Berlin and consulates-general in Bonn, Munich, and Stuttgart.

Military cooperation

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While Germany was one of the founding members of the EU, Romania joined the EU in 2007.

See also

• Foreign relations of Germany
• Foreign relations of Romania
• German Military Mission in Romania
• List of ambassadors of Germany to Romania
• Romanians in Germany
• Germans of Romania

References